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How to convert PDF to XML from uploaded file for PDF to XML API in C# with ByteScout Cloud API Server

How to convert PDF to XML from uploaded file in C# with easy ByteScout code samples to make PDF to XML API. Step-by-step tutorial

This page displays the code samples for programming in C#. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with PDF to XML API in C#. ByteScout Cloud API Server is the ready to use Web API Server that can be deployed in less than 30 minutes into your own in-house server or into private cloud server. Can store data on in-house local server based storage or in Amazon AWS S3 bucket. Processing data solely on the server using buil-in ByteScout powered engine, no cloud services are used to process your data!.

This simple and easy to understand sample source code in C# for ByteScout Cloud API Server contains different functions and options you should do calling the API to implement PDF to XML API. This sample code in C# is all you need. Just copy-paste it to the code editor, then add a reference to ByteScout Cloud API Server and you are ready to try it! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.cs
      
using System; using System.IO; using System.Net; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; // Please NOTE: In this sample we're assuming Cloud Api Server is hosted at "https://localhost". // If it's not then please replace this with with your hosting url. namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample { class Program { // Source PDF file const string SourceFile = @".\sample.pdf"; // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. const string Pages = ""; // PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. const string Password = ""; // Destination XML file name const string DestinationFile = @".\result.xml"; static void Main(string[] args) { // Create standard .NET web client instance WebClient webClient = new WebClient(); // 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE. // * If you already have a direct file URL, skip to the step 3. // Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format( "https://localhost/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={0}", Path.GetFileName(SourceFile))); try { // Execute request string response = webClient.DownloadString(query); // Parse JSON response JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Get URL to use for the file upload string uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"].ToString(); string uploadedFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD. webClient.Headers.Add("content-type", "application/octet-stream"); webClient.UploadFile(uploadUrl, "PUT", SourceFile); // You can use UploadData() instead if your file is byte[] or Stream webClient.Headers.Remove("content-type"); // 3. CONVERT UPLOADED PDF FILE TO XML // Prepare URL for `PDF To XML` API call query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format( "https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/xml?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile), Password, Pages, uploadedFileUrl)); // Execute request response = webClient.DownloadString(query); // Parse JSON response json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Get URL of generated XML file string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // Download XML file webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile); Console.WriteLine("Generated XML file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile); } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } catch (WebException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } webClient.Dispose(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } } }

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packages.config
      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <packages> <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" /> </packages>

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